POST FREUDIAN THEORY

Adolescence, adulthood, and old age

The Post Freudian Theory, developed by Erik Erikson extends Freud’s infantile developmental stage into (BLANK). Erikson suggested that at each stage, a specific psychosocial struggle contributes to the formation of personality

Erik erikson

This person is uncertain about the true identity of his father

• His theory is connected with his own identity crisis

• He also hidden his son Neil who has down syndrome to his siblings

Ego

Is a positive force that creates the self identity, a sense of “I”. As the center of our personality, our (BLANK) helps us adapt to various conflicts and crises of life and keeps us from losing our individuality to the levelling forces of society.

ego

The ability to unify experiences and actions in an adaptive manner

Child rearing practices

Society plays a significant role in shaping our personality. Different societies, with their variations in (BLANK), tend to shape personalities that fit the needs and values of their culture

Orality

People who gain great pleasure from the functions of the mouth

Anality

People who are compulsively neat, stubborn, and miserly

Epigenetic principle

States that growth takes place in a predetermined and fixed sequence. Each stage of development emerges at its proper time, and one component part arises on top of another in space and time

Pseudospecies

An illusion perpetrated and perpetuated by a particular society that it is somehow chosen to be the human species

Syntonic, dystonic

Interaction of opposites

• Basic trust (Blank)

• Basic mistrust (BLANK)

Basic strength

The conflict between the syntonic and dystonic produces an ego quality or ego strength, called

Core pathology

Too little basic strength at any stage results in a (BLANK)

Infancy

1-2 years old

Oral sensory mode

A phrase that includes infants principal psychosexual mode of adapting.

• Is characterized by two modes of incorporation- receiving and accepting what is given

Hope

The basic strength of infancy

Withdrawal

The core pathology of infancy

Trust vs mistrust

The crises in infancy

Early childhood

2-3 years old

Anal urethral muscular mode

Children learning to control their body, especially in relation to cleanliness and mobility. Early childhood is more than a time of toilet training; it is also a time of learning to walk, run, hug parents, and hold on to toys and objects

Will

The basic strength of early childhood

Compulsion

The core pathology of early childhood

Autonomy vs shame and doubt

The crises of early childhood

Play age

3-5 years old

Oedipus complex

Genital locomotor mode

• Erikson saw the (BLANK) situation as a prototype “of the lifelong power of human playfulness”

Purpose

The basic strength of play age

Inhibition

The core pathology of play age

Initiative vs guilt

The crises of play age

School age

6 to 12/13 years old

Sexual latency

• School age

Is important because it allows children to divert their energies to learning the technology of their culture and strategies of their social interactions

Competence

The basic strength of school age

Inertia

The core pathology of school age

Industry vs inferiority

The crises of school age

Adolescence

Puberty to young adulthood

Puberty

(genital maturation) plays a relative minor role in Erikson’s concept of adolescence

Fidelity

The basic strength of adolescence

• Faith in one’s ideology

Diffidence

The core pathology of adolescence

• Extreme lac of self trust or self confidence an is express in shyness or hesitancy to express oneself

Identity vs identity confusion

The crisis of adolescence

Young adulthood

19-30 years

Genitality

Young adulthood

• Achieved through mutual orgasmic satisfactions with a loved person in an intimate relationship

Love

The basic strength of young adulthood

Exclusivity

The core pathology of young adulthood

Intimacy vs isolation

The crises of young adulthood

Adulthood

31 to 60 years old

Procreativity

Adulthood

• An instinctual drive to perpetuate the species, including caring for offspring and transmitting culture

Care

The basic strength of adulthood

Rejectivity

The core pathology of adulthood

Generativity vs stagnation

The crises of adulthood

Old age

60+ YEARS OLD

Generalized sensuality

• Old age

Pleasure in a variety of sensations, including embraces and perhaps genital stimulation

Wisdom

The basic strength of old age

Disdain

The core pathology of old age